Chapter 39: The Fearsome Man (1)

  "Squeak squeak——"

  Xiao Yan's ears picked up that familiar wooden friction sound, which started from afar and gradually got closer, now it was getting increasingly ear-piercing.

  Xiao Yan furrowed her brow and opened her eyes, only to find a long wooden ladder appearing before her.

  This wooden ladder is made of red wood, curved into 3 arcs, connecting the space downstairs and upstairs. There are some old stains on the wooden ladder, presumably caused by the long use of the ladder, which has corroded the wood.

  Xiao Yan stood at the corner of the first and second floors of the wooden stairs, looking up into the darkness where several bedrooms were vaguely visible.

  Where is this? And how did I get here? Xiaoyan wondered, her left hand grasping the railing of the wooden ladder, lifting her foot to climb up.

  "Creak, creak..." With every step, the sound echoed from beneath his feet, becoming increasingly jarring in the midst of this tranquility.

  At the corner of the second and third wooden ladders, Xiaoyan stopped and saw the bedroom and facilities upstairs more clearly.

  There were only four rooms upstairs, all of which had their doors tightly closed. A long corridor separated the two rooms on either side. At the end of the corridor stood a redwood table, on top of which was placed a large Qinghua porcelain vase. The decorations on the walls and door frames all had an ancient Western flavor to them.

  "Is anyone there?" Xiaoyan raised her head and looked up at the floor above, asking softly, thinking that maybe someone in the bedroom could hear.

  But what greeted her was an eerie silence.

  Just as Xiaoyan was thinking about whether or not to go up, a soft and gentle female voice came from upstairs:

  "Shh... don't talk."

  Xiao Yan responded and looked over, it was that familiar white figure! Her heart skipped a beat, her foot slipped, and she almost fell down the stairs.

  Xiao Yan didn't respond, and 'she' still stood at the end of the stairs, without a word. The silence around her ears was eerily quiet.

  "Who are you?" Xiaoyan finally gathered her courage and spoke up, she had already forgotten how many times she had asked this question.

  "You know... " That soft voice still replied like that, leaving Xiaoyan with endless questions.

  "Why are you bothering me?" Xiaoyan remained silent for a long time, before timidly asking the 'her' at the end of the stairs, not daring to raise her head.

  "Hehehehe......" The soft voice suddenly turned cold and eerie, laughing strangely. Then, with a deep curve at the corner of his mouth, he said:

  "You will know."

  Looking at the sly smile on her face, which was just like her own clone, Xiaoyan felt a chill run down her spine and goosebumps all over her body.

  "Don't come looking for me again, okay?! Please!?" Xiaoyan raised her head and stared straight into 'her' smiling eyes, screaming out these words from the bottom of her heart, with a pleading and choking tone.

  "Hahaha......" 'She' didn't respond, but instead opened her mouth again and laughed, as if loudly ridiculing Xiaoyan, provoking the weakness in Xiaoyan's heart.

  Suddenly, a few ear-piercing sounds of hard objects and glass shattering on the ground came from the bedroom behind the laughter.

  Her laughter stopped abruptly, replaced by a look of terror, as if she had heard something frightening.

  Just as Xiaoyan was perplexed, another man's shouting and scolding voice came from the bedroom.

  "You little rabbit! How dare you steal from your old man! You're a despicable, good-for-nothing scoundrel!"

  Accompanied by the shouting, there were also several slapping sounds and a woman's sobbing.

  At this time, 'she' on the stairs also squatted down in great pain, covering her ears tightly with both hands, and her expression was extremely ferocious.

  Xiao Yan recognized the male voice that was scolding, wasn't he the father of 'her' and that little girl? Why was 'she' so afraid, was the man as frightening as a fierce ghost or beast?

  "Waaaahhh... don't hit me... don't hit me... I won't dare anymore... sister, save me! Save me!" Inside the tightly closed room door, another childish cry was heard, and then the door was quickly opened by someone. A short-haired girl ran out of it.

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